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Founding Date: March 7, 2020

HAC Gulf2

Country: United States

Founding[]

HAC Racing was founded on March 7, 2020 as the racing arm of the Haas Automobile Club. The Haas Automobile Club began as a group of fans of the Haas Formula 1 team who also played Assetto Corsa. The club created various activities for its members within Assetto Corsa such as Hotlap Challenges and Cruises. The Cruises proved to be the most popular events and eventually the club would organize a weekly cruise night of some of Assetto Corsa’s large open world maps. These events continued to grow in popularity eventually drawing in members not just from the Haas fandom but from all walks of life .

During one Haas Automobile Club cruising event newly joined member Kevin Bolek had mentioned an endurance race he had participated in for the sim racing league ARCIS. Club president Richard Franke recruited 7 other drivers and the group of 8 formed HAC Racing; the racing branch of the Haas Automobile Club

2020 ARCIS Season[]

HAC had registered for the 2020 ARCIS 8 Hours of Donnington race entering two Porsche 911 GT3 2016’s ( the #3 HAC Enduro and #4 HAC Racing cars ). The #4 HAC Racing car finished in 11th place and the #3 HAC Enduro car finished in 14th place.

Due to changes in race format and various disagreements with ARCIS upper management this would be HAC’s only and final ARCIS appearance.

2020 VSR GTE Series[]

After their departure from ARCIS; HAC Racing joined German based racing league VSR for their 2020 GTE Series. HAC would rebrand HAC Enduro into HAC International ( a team made up of non-American drivers ) and HAC Racing into HAC America. Due to VSR rules only permitting two drivers per car the roster of 8 would be split into 4 cars; the #103 and #104 Porsche 911 RSR 2017’s of HAC International and the #111 and #112 Ford GT’s of HAC America.

HAC would join VSR already two rounds into their series making their debut at round 3’s 6 Hours of Mugello on May 9th 2020. Their first race would prove to be a difficult one, with the #112 and #111 of HAC America finishing 14th and 15th respectively and the #104 and #103 of HAC International finishing 16th and 19th respectively out of the 22 car field .

HAC was largely made up of inexperienced racers with little to no organized endurance racing experience. The skill of the VSR drivers was far beyond any of the competition that they faced in ARCIS. They knew that they would not be able to compete purely on speed right away but they knew that they could out work, out innovate, and out strategize the competition into good results.

The next race would be the illustrious 12 Hours of Le Mans, a non championship round. VSR would allow for up to 4 drivers per car for this special round so HAC entered the #203 HAC America Ford GT ( with special Gulf Inspired throwback livery ) and the #204 HAC International Porsche 911 RSR 2017 ( also with a special Gulf inspired throwback livery into the GTE class.

This race featured perhaps one of HAC’s most legendary performances as, with 5 hours remaining, Driver and President Richard Franke took the seat of the #203 car and completed the race on his own ( after already driving 3 hours making 8 hours of total drive time ). This gutsy performance resulted in an 12th in class and 22nd overall finish for the #203 HAC America car. The #204 car would go on to finish 15th in class and 25th overall.

The final round of the Championship would be held at the Nurburgring Nordschleife Endurance Circuit. A particularly difficult and unforgiving course; it was not one that filled the drivers of HAC with confidence. However, due to good strategy calls, it would result in HAC’s best championship finish to date with the HAC America #111 finishing 10th overall. The number #112 HAC America car would finish 17th with the #104 and #103 HAC International cars finishing 19th and 23rd respectively out of the 23 car field.

The final race of the 2020 campaign would take place at the 8 Hours of Daytona ( a non championship round ). HAC would enter the #111 Mazda DPI into the DPI class and the #204 Porsche 911 RSR 2017 into the GTE class. The #111 DPI would not be allowed to race due to a miscommunication about entry requirements with league management. The #204 would go on to have HAC’s best ever result finishing 8th in class and 24th overall

2021 VSR GTE Series[]

In November 2020 HAC Racing formalized their entry into the 2021 VSR GTE Series; the teams first full season campaign . The team had abandoned the HAC America and HAC International organizations instead having all drivers race under a united HAC Racing banner.

Downsizing efforts began as the team reduced from 8 drivers to 5 and abandoned the Porsche's in favor of two Ford GT's.

Driver Roster[]

Active Drivers[]

Name Join date Series
Richard Franke 03/2020 2021 VSR GTE Series
Kevin Bolek 03/2020 2021 VSR GTE Series
Blane Erwin 03/2020 2021 VSR GTE Series
Nicolàs Bustos 07/2020 2021 VSR GTE Series
Chris Ramos 12/2020 2021 VSR GTE Series

Former Drivers[]

Name Join date Series
Brendan Cahill 03/2020
J.W. Hamman 03/2020
Ebin Chittilappilly 03/2020
Cody Tedrick 03/2020
Sean Trostem 03/2020
Joel Azaria 03/2020
John Cook 04/2020
Kevin Pannell 05/2020
Huzefa Raja 07/2020

Team Results[]


2020 ARCIS Series[]

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season Team Car (Class) No. Drivers 8 Hours of Donington
2020
HAC Racing Porsche 911 GT3 2016 ( GT3 ) 4 Richard Franke 11
Kevin Bolek
Blane Erwin
Sean Trostem
HAC Enduro Porsche 911 GT3 2016 ( GT3 ) 3 Brendan Cahill 14
Ebin Chittilappilly
J.W. Hamman
Cody Tedrick
Joel Azaria

2020 VSR GTE Series[]

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season Team Car (Class) No. Drivers Mugello Nurburgring
2020
HAC America Ford GT ( GTE ) 111 Richard Franke 15 10
Cody Tedrick
112 Kevin Bolek 14 17
Blane Erwin
HAC International Porsche 911 RSR 2017 ( GTE ) 103 Ebin Chittilappilly 19 23
Joel Azaria
Brendan Cahill
Huzefa Raja
104 Brendan Cahill 16 19
John Cook
Kevin Pannell

2021 VSR GTE Series[]

(key)

Year Team No. Drivers Car Road America Spa Interlagos Fuji Sebring
2021 HAC Racing Ford GT 109 Diogo Costa DNS 28 DNS DNS
Jack Stawowczyk DNS 28 DNS 13
Mike Sipek DNS DNS DNS 13
110 Sebastian Markus Steibl DNS 31 DNS DNS
Chris Ramos DNS 31 DNS DNS
Mike Sipek DNS DNS 25 DNS
João Fernando Lobão DNS DNS DNS DNS
Brandon Gobes DNS DNS 25 DNS
Alex Smith DNS DNS DNS 20
111 Richard Franke 24 10 15 9
Nicolas Bustos 24 10 15 9
Matthew Turner DNS DNS DNS 9
Kevin Bolek 24 DNS DNS DNS
112
Blane Erwin 26 30 19 11
Kevin Bolek DNS 30 19 11
Jack Stawowczyk DNS DNS DNS DNS
Matthew Turner DNS 30 DNS DNS
Chris Ramos 26 DNS DNS DNS

2021 VSR Formula 1 2005 Series[]

(key)

Year Team No. Drivers Car Spa Interlagos
2021 HAC Racing 80 Kevin Bolek Mclaren MP4-20 6 DNS
88 Richard Franke 12 5

2021 VSR Porsche International Cup Championship[]

(key)

Year Team No. Drivers Car Road America Spa Interlagos Fuji
2021 HAC Racing 19 Diogo Costa Porsche 911 GT3 Cup DNS 11 DNS DNS
217 Sebastian Steibl DNS 14 DNS DNS
138 Chris Ramos DNS 16 10 DNS

2021 VSR GT3 Series[]

(key)

Year Team No. Drivers Car Tor Poznan Kyalami Spa
2021 HAC Racing
88 Richard Franke Glickenhaus 003c 16 25 12
274 Nicolas Bustos Mercedes-AMG GT3 20 15 DNF

2021 Chilean V8 Supercars Series[]

(key)

Year Team Drivers Car Hidden Valley
2021 HAC Racing
Nicolas Bustos Holden Commodore VF 1

Non-Championship Races[]

2020VSR 12 Hours of Le Mans[]

(key)

Year Team No. Drivers Car ( Class ) Overall In Class
2020 HAC America 203 Richard Franke Ford GT ( GTE ) 23 13
Cody Tedrick
Kevin Bolek
Blane Erwin
HAC International 204 Ebin Chittilappilly Porsche 911 RSR 2017 ( GTE ) 25 15
Joel Azaria
John Cook
Kevin Pannell

2020 8 Hours of Daytona[]

(key)

Year Team No. Drivers Car ( Class ) Overall In Class
2020 HAC International 204 Brendan Cahill Porsche 911 RSR ( GTE ) 24 8
Nicolas Bustos

2021 24 Hours of Le Mans[]

(key)

Year Team No. Drivers Car ( Class ) Overall In Class
2021 HAC Racing 111 Blane Erwin Ford GT ( GTE )
Brandon Gobes
Joao Lobao
211 Nicolas Bustos Porsche 919 ( LMP1 )
Richard Franke
Matthew Turner
212 Kevin Bolek
Mike Sipek
Jack Stawowczyk

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